Once You Experience The Joy of Tying Flies You Won't Be Buying Them.
It was about 4:30 and still dark when the alarm went off. I was on the floor before it stopped ringing. I grabbed my fly fishing gear I put together last evening, along with a quick breakfast, lunch for the day and headed to the trout stream.
As usual I had gone through my fly boxes to check my supply of favorites and even tied a few extra just in case I needed them. I know not everyone will be able or even want to tie their own flies so here is a link to getting fly fishing flies at a great price.
To me there is nothing more rewarding in fishing than to catch fish with flies I tie myself. It's an ego thing I know but it still feels really cool when that water explodes or a little ripple and the fly is gone.
Well back to the river. I arrived at the river just before day light and picked a spot that I could watch the water and have a nice hot cup of coffee. Observe what was going on in and around the water.
It's always so quite just before dawn and then you start to heard the odd bird and by that I wasn't referring to myself. As I am enjoying my coffee the rest of the world around me starts to come alive.
I see a few trout moving, I could even hear them before I could see them, they were being quite noisey. Let the day begin...
While I was having my coffee I was browsing through my fly boxes deciding what I was going to use, but I really already knew, I just like browsing through my handy work.
I always love to go with a big old dry fly first just because it gets action most of the time and it's very visual, which I can't get enough of.
I have fishing buddies that still buy their fly fishing flies because they don't think they can make them on their own. And that's okay that is why fly fishing flies are for sale right.
I have been tying flies for myself for about 30 years and still enjoy it more if I catch a nice trout or salmon on my own fly.
Take a look around and enjoy. Take a minute to sign my guest book at the end. And have may great days on the waters.
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Family is what brought me here fly fishing is what keeps me here.
The joy of fly fishing is so in my blood that I am sure I would just kick off if I was never allowed to fly fish again.New Brunswick has been my home now for the past 27 years and the only thing that would draw me away from here is better fishing grounds. I can live anywhere if the fishing is good enough.
For me fishing has always been a part of my life, well since I was eight, but until I was in my twenties I had never used a fly rod.
I came to visit my great aunt, who I had not seen since I was 10. A very emotional meeting because it was here letters to me when I was just a boy that kept my heart full of hope. Back then I went from foster home to foster home getting more depressed with each move but her letters kept me sane.
My sister's husband asked me if I liked fishing and that was the beginning of a relationship with fly fishing that continues to this day. I didn't know how but he taught me in about 10 minutes. It's that easy, yet I have been learn how to be better ever since.
I got myself a Salmon license which covers everything down here and we headed out for a little fly fishing.
I started fly fishing for trout because we could fish right from his backyard. Well not in his backyard but about 4 minutes away.
There was no doubt that this was a hobby that I would carry with me as long as I could life my arms.
My next step was to watch Joe create his own trout and salmon flies. Artificial flies that the trout loved to gobble up. I don't remember the flies he tied that day but I knew I wanted to do that.
Well now I tie my own flies, most of the time and have even taught a few of my fly fishing buddies how to tie flies for themselves, instead of taking mine.
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I didn't go very long after starting my fly fishing adventure before I was tying my own fly fishing flies for trout, salmon, bass and pike.
I am telling you that until you have experience the excitement you feel the first time you catch anything on your own fly. One that you tied yourself.
Live long and practice catch and release so the fish can too.
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It makes me like a little kid every time I catch a fish with one of my flies.
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webmann
Thanks Itraider. Actually tying flies isn't that bad if you start with easy ones and then move to the tougher ones later. It gets pretty addictive. Posted September 02, 2008 |
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ltraider
Good Stuff. I don't have the patience for tying flies but I have the utmost respect for those who do. Nice lens Posted September 01, 2008 |
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RedHat39
Cool a Fly fishing lens. I like it. Posted August 25, 2007 |
